ensayan
[ẽnˈsaʝãn]
The verdict
“ensayan” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,115 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,115
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de ensayar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ensayan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽnˈsaʝãn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #79,115 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ensayan” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ensayan is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,115 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽnˈsaʝãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de ensayar.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ensayan in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is ensayan, spelled E-N-S-A-Y-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de ensayar.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ensayan”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N-S-A-Y-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.